Is Visual Basic worth learning?

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 17:07

Is Visual Basic worth learning? Also vb.net

Hello,

Is Visual basic worth learning (VB 6) in particular... Or Visual Basic 2005

What are the advantages etc... it will be a first programming language in which I will put in 2-3 hours a day for 6 weeks.

Thanks, if so, the best online free tutorial?

http://www.vbtutor.net/vbtutor.html - Any good? :rolleyes:

Thanks guys/gals. - Yes I am the one who was going to learn html, but I feel programming is a far better use to me..

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 18:05

Erm, well on the MS website there is the following :
Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
This includes the .net interface etc...
It is free trial, and they have some great tutorials what do you think?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/learning/

Im an absolute beginner at programming btw, thanks for the help erver so much so far lets hope it continues

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 19:02

Thanks, could you in a couple of sentances explain what either C# and vb.net do/designed for..

Thanks

Also, btw, a teacher at my next school will be setting up evening lessons, just after school for free for around 10 people who are intrested in I.T. to teach them Vb.net... I will be attending that so, I feel its more suited to learn vb.net, atleast its another thing under my belt...

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 21:02

I think vb.net is a nice start, it seems the "ok" descision reading your opinions as they are both similar... so, I can swap after learning vb.net as I believe it is easier as there are better video tutorials etc... available (link above by myself).... also will get guideance at the class after school.

It also looks like a great interface easy etc... the Visual Basic 2005 I have just got from MS website

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 21:18

Thanks for that link, however as they are both similar (Wont lose out on much), and im getting classes anyway so will go over same things twice..., might aswell learn vb.net first...

Thanks v much, might do the first lesson today, im going to do it lesson by lesson , master each lesson each day... will have the basics of vb.net in two weeks, taking it slowly as I have other subjects to contend with for gcse's starting next year, you know on the MS website they have these video tutorials they are for the basics are there any for intermedia and advance aswell..

Thanks guys

Will have an rss feeder in 3 weeks time..Following the MS guides/tutorials.

After that what other applications are good for beginners etc...

Get on msn too Inquisitor thanks

I presume you know vb.net

quadboi · 9 Jul 2006 at 22:19

Beansprout said:
I do more than PHP...I do PHP and bad PHP

Lmao, excuses, excuses

quadboi · 10 Jul 2006 at 11:26

Done both Lesson 1 & 2 , enjoying it at the moment more than anything, however picked up everything so far in the video's/

Will keep a progress log now.. Thanks